Trash receptacle

ABSTRACT

A trash receptacle including a hinge cover for the top, said container being carried on a support which extends therebeneath with hinge means for connecting the support to the bottom of the container to enable the container to be pivoted forwardly and downwardly for emptying of the container. Concealed latch means are provided to retain the container in a normally upright position for receiving trash, such concealed retaining means including hook means mounted on the back of the container, which hook extends through an opening in an adjacent plate carried by the support. Spring loaded plunger means is normally engaged with the hook means by an operating tab that is connected with the plunger means and extends laterally therefrom. The operating tab is actuated by a portion of the spring loaded plunger means, which portion is concealed from view but which may be engaged for movement of the spring loaded plunger to disengage the hook means from the spring loaded plunger to enable the container to be pivoted forwardly and downwardly for emptying.

United States" Patent Mott, Sr. et al.

[ TRASH RECEPTACLE [7 5] Inventors: Ralph Beach Mott, Sr.; Ralph Beach Mott, Jr.; Richard C. Cantella, all of Houston, Tex.

[73] Assignee: Reserv-A-Roll Co. 22 Filedr March 11, 1971 211 Appl.No.:123,323

[52] US. Cl. ..232/43.1, 292/128, 292/175 [51] Int. Cl. ..B65d 91/00 [58] Field of Search ....232/43.l, 43.2; 312/217, 242;

[56] References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 3,197,130 7/1965 Mott, Jr. et a1 ..232/43.1 3,501,188 3/1970 Korkos ..292/175 Feb. 13, 1973 Primary Examiner-Bobby R. Gay Assistant Examiner-Peter A. Aschenbrenner Attorney-Jack W. Hayden [5 7] ABSTRACT A trash receptacle including a hinge cover for the top, said container being carried on a support which extends therebeneath with hinge means for connecting the support to the bottom of the container to enable the container to be pivoted forwardly and downwardly for emptying of the container. Concealed latch means are provided to retain the container in a normally upright position for receiving trash, such concealed retaining means including hook means mounted on the back of the container, which hook extends through an opening in an adjacent plate carried by the support. Spring loaded plunger means is normally engaged with the hook means by an operating tab that is connected with the plunger means and extends laterally therefrom. The operating tab is actuated by a portion of the spring loaded plunger means, which portion is concealed from view but which may be engaged for movement of the spring loaded plunger to disengage the hook means from the spring loaded plunger to enable the container to be pivoted forwardly anddownwardly for emptying.

1 Claim, 4 Drawing Figures PATENIED EB IQY 3,716,184

SHEET 20F 2 35 D Q Jab Magda 1 TRASH RECEPTACLE BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to an improvement over US. Letters Pat. No. 3,197,130.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION More particularly, the present invention provides a concealed positive latching arrangement to latch the trash and ash receptacle of the present invention in trash and ash receiving position, but which latching arrangement may be easily actuated to enable trash and ash receptacle to be pivoted forwardly and downwardly for ready igress of trash or ashes therefrom into a suitable trash gathering receptacle or container.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide a relatively simple arrangement for latching a trash container in an upright position, which latch is concealed to inhibit tampering therewith and premature release thereof, but which latch arrangement is constructed and arranged so that ready access may be had thereto for emptying the trash and ash container when desired.

Other objects and advantages of the present invention will become more readily apparent from a consideration of the following description and drawings.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a perspective view of one form of the invention, partially broken away to illustrate the actuating mechanism arrangement;

FIG 2 is a sectional view on the line 2-2 of FIG. 1 and shows in dotted line the locked in place position and the emptying position of the trash and ash receptacle;

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of another form of the invention and showing the portionof the spring loaded plunger in dotted line; and

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the latching arrangement employed with the invention shown in FIG. 3.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS In FIGS. 1 and 2, the invention represented generally at 5 includes a container 6 having front and back walls 7 and 8, end walls 9, and a bottom wall 10 which are secured together to form a hollow opened end container for receiving trash and ashes therein.

A cover 11 of generally concave configuration and having openings therein, if desired, is hinged at 12 to the back wall 9 and extends forwardly to cover the open top of the container. The cover 11 includes the downwardly projecting lip 13 for fitting over the front wall 7 when the container is in its upright position as represented in dotted line by the numeral 15. Support means represented generally by the numeral 16 are provided for the container 6 and include a bottom portion 17 which extends outwardly from the support means 16 to support the container 6. Hinge means 18 are provided adjacent the outer extremity of the bottom portion and are connected adjacent, but spaced from, the forward end 10a of the bottom wall 10 for enabling the container 6 to pivot from the dotted line upright position shown at to the position represented at 20 for dumping the contents from the container into a receptacle.

Suitable latch means as referred to generally at 25 are provided for retaining the container 6 in an upright position, such latch means including hook means 26 secured to the back wall 8 of the container 6 and extending through an opening 27 in the back wall of the support 16. It should be noted that support 16 is of suitable configuration to accommodate the container 6 and as shown the support 16 includes the top wall 16a, the bottom wall 16b, and the back wall 16c which are joined together to form a rectangular configuration. The hook means 26 projects through hole 27 for engaging with the laterally extending operating tab or surface 28 of the spring loaded plunger 29. When the surface 28 and the hook 26 are engaged as illustrated in partial dotted line in FIG. 2 of the drawings, the container 6 is retained in its upright trash receiving position. The plunger means 29 is carried immediately adjacent and behind back surface 16c so that it is in nonexposed position. A guide track 30 of any suitable configuration may be formed on the back wall andis spaced therefrom to accommodate the vertical movement of the spring loaded plunger 29. The spring loaded plunger 29 may be of any suitable configuration and a spring 31 is connected at 32 to the plunger means 29 and also at 33 to guide the track 30, such spring normally tending to urge the plunger means 29 downwardly as viewed in the drawing so that the surface 28 thereof remains engaged with the hook 26.

A portion 35 of spring loaded plunger 29 extends laterally therefrom adjacent one end. In the FIG. 1 form of the embodiment, the portion 35 projects inwardly adjacent the false wall 36 formed within the support 16. The false wall 36 includes a sloping portion 36a, and a horizontal portion which has a seat therein into which portion 35 of spring loaded plunger means 29 fits. The back wall 16c is provided with a slot 16d to accommodate vertical movement of the portion 35.

It will be noted that there is a space between the container 6 and the false wall 36 when the container is in its upright position as represented in dotted line at 15 whereby the portion 35 may be manually engaged and pushed upwardly to force the laterally extending portion 28 from disengagement with the hook means 26. The surface or laterally extending portion 28 may be formed of spring material to aid in engagement and disengagement thereof with the hook means 26.

The arrangement illustrated in FIG. 1 includes a flange 40 on support 16 so that the container 6 can be at least partially recessed within a wall. The support means 16 may be supported in the wall by'screws or other suitable means forretaining it in position.

In FIG. 3, the form of the invention 5 again includes a container 6 having front and back walls 7 and 8 and end walls 9, with a cover 11 hinged at 12 for access to the container 6 and for discharge of its contents when it is tilted forwardly and downwardly. Hinge means 18 are provided adjacent the outer extremity of a bottom portion 17 which is secured to and extends from a plate 16e forming a part of the support means referred to generally by the numeral 16. The portion 17 supports the container 6 in a manner similar to the manner in which 17 supports the container 6 of the FIGS. 1 and 2 form. The hinge means 18 is connected to the bottom portion 17 at its outer extremity and adjacent the forward end 10a of the bottom wall 10 of the container.

The latch means 25 again includes suitable guide means 30 mounted on the back of the plate means l6e for guiding movement of the spring loaded plunger 29. The spring 31 is connected at 32 to the spring loaded plunger 29 and at 33 to the support and guide 30. Thus, the plunger means is normally urged to a position to engage hook means 26 and surface 28 to retain the container in normal trash receiving position. Hook means 26 is secured to the back surface 8 of the container 6 and extends through an opening (not shown) in support plate 16c to engage with the surface 28 of the spring loaded plunger 29.

A release portion 35 extends laterally relative to the spring loaded plunger 29, and in this form of the invention it is shown as extending beneath the bottom surface of the container 6. A suitable cutout as represented at 17a is provided in the bottom portion 17 of the support 16 to accommodate movement of the operating portion 35. Similarly, an opening may be provided in the bottom 10 of the container 6 to accommodate movement of operating portion 35.

To disengage the surface 28 from the hook 26, the operating portion 35 is moved upwardly which in turn moves the spring loaded plunger 29 upwardly for disengagement of surface 28 and hook means 26.

When the surface 28 and hook means 26 are disengaged, the container 6 may be pivoted forwardly and downwardly as described with regard to FIGS. 1 and 2 for dumping of the contents therefrom.

In the form of the invention shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the plate 162 enables the container 6 to be mounted flush on a wall, whereas the FIGS. 1 and 2 form provides an arrangement wherein the container 6 is recessed within a wall.

The release portion 35, by extending underneath the container 6 in the manner as disclosed, is concealed from view to inhibit unwarranted or premature release and actuation of the container to move it to a forwardly tilted and emptying position.

Similarly, the operating tab of the FIGS. 1 and 2 form of the invention is concealed from view to prevent tampering with the container and/or premature release thereof.

The foregoing disclosure and description of the invention are illustrative and explanatory thereof, and

various changes in the size, shape, and materials as well as in the details of the illustrated construction may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention.

What is claimed is:

l. A trash receptacle comprising:

a. a container for receiving trash, said container having from and back walls, end walls, and a bottom wall;

b. a cover pivotally secured to said container;

c. support means for said container adapted to be connected to a surface for supporting said container;

d. said support means including a bottom portion which extends outwardly to support said container;

. hinge means adjacent the outer extremity of said bottom portion and connected adjacent the forward end of said bottom wall of said container for pivoting said containerforwardl/ and downwardly; atch means for retaining sai container in an upright trash receiving position on said support;

said latch means including hook means secured to said container back wall;

h. there being an opening in said support means opposite said back wall for receiving said hook means therethrough;

i. spring loaded plunger means extending adjacent said support means and having a surface engageable by said hook means to retain said container in a trash receiving position;

j. said plunger means including an operating portion extending through an opening in said support means and generally towards said container whereby said plunger may be moved against the tension in said spring to disengage said surface from said hook means to enable said receptacle to be pivoted about said hinge means for emptying thereof; and

k. said support means including a framework for at least partial recess of said container into a wall surface, and wherein said operating portion extends adjacent part of said framework to aid in concealing said operating tab.

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1. A trash receptacle comprising: a. a container for receiving trash, said container having front and back walls, end walls, and a bottom wall; b. a cover pivotally secured to said container; c. support means for said container adapted to be connected to a surface for supporting said container; d. said support means including a bottom portion which extends outwardly to support said container; e. hinge means adjacent the outer extremity of said bottom portion and connected adjacent the forward end of said bottom wall of said container for pivoting said container forwardly and downwardly; f. latch means for retaining said container in an upright trash receiving position on said support; g. said latch means including hook means secured to said container back wall; h. there being an opening in said support means opposite said back wall for receiving said hook means therethrough; i. spring loaded plunger means extending adjacent said support means and having a surface engageable by said hook means to retain said container in a trash receiving position; j. said plunger means including an operating portion extending through an opening in said support means and generally towards said container whereby said plunger may be moved against the tension in saiD spring to disengage said surface from said hook means to enable said receptacle to be pivoted about said hinge means for emptying thereof; and k. said support means including a framework for at least partial recess of said container into a wall surface, and wherein said operating portion extends adjacent part of said framework to aid in concealing said operating tab. 